Up the proverbial creek without a paddle: Accounting for variable participant skill levels in recreational demand modelling

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-426

  Hynes, Stephen ^a   Hanley, Nick ^b   Garvey, Eoghan ^c  

^a Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Preference heterogeneity; Random Utility Model; Skill levels; Whitewater kayaking

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UTILITY PROGRAMS;

PREFERENCE HETEROGENEITY; RANDOM UTILITY MODEL; SKILL LEVELS; WHITEWATER KAYAKING;

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES;

PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847625883     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9035-x     Document Type: Article

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